A Theme as Big as Life

This morning I am home and not at church. My husband has the stomach flu and I don't want to leave him alone. Aunt Doris is in the hospital also and I may need to get to her quickly. Robert is looking after her now.

I was reading in the Psalms while listening to the Our Daily Bread Symphonic Hymns CD that came from my mom - beautiful words and beautiful music in the sun room. I was reading the commentary in my bible about Psalm 119. This is the longest chapter in Psalms. If we could read Hebrew we would see that it is a acrostic poem where the verses of each stanza begin with the same letter of the Hebrew alphabet and there is a stanza for each letter. This Psalm, unlike many of the others, was meant to be read and studied rather than sung. It was probably written by a priest as a teaching device. Here is the part from the TNIV Study Bible Commentary that touched me: "The author had a theme that filled his soul, a theme as big as life, that ranged the length and breadth and height and depths of a person's walk with God. Nothing less than the use of the full power of language would suffice, and of that the alphabet was the most powerful symbol."

I thought how much I want that, a theme that fills my soul and is as big as my life and is my life. I want that theme to be the love of God.

I also thought about my beautiful daughter, an English major, who loves words and writes so well and I was very grateful for the power of words in her life. I pray she may always use that gift to serve you. Oh Lord may I not ever take that power for granted and use words with little thought. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14